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Shloka 3

गान्धारीपुत्रोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of Gāndhārī’s Hundred Sons (and Yuyutsu); Omens and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

स आश्रमपदद्धारि वृक्षमूले महातपा: । ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्महायोगी तस्थौ मौनव्रतान्वित:

Transliteration

sa āśramapadaddhāri vṛkṣamūle mahātapāḥ | ūrdhvabāhur mahāyogī tasthau maunavratānvitāḥ ||

Translation

ಆ ಮಹಾತಪಸ್ವಿ ತನ್ನ ಆಶ್ರಮದ ದ್ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಮರದ ಬೇರುಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಎರಡೂ ಕೈಗಳನ್ನು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆತ್ತಿ, ಮೌನವ್ರತವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ ನಿಂತು ಘೋರ ತಪಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು; ಮಾಣ್ಡವ್ಯನು ಮಹಾಯೋಗಿ.

Word by Word

सःhe

आश्रमपदद्वारिat the door of the hermitage-place

वृक्षमूलेat the root of a tree

महातपाःthe great ascetic

ऊर्ध्वबाहुःwith arms raised upward

महायोगीthe great yogin

तस्थौstood

मौनव्रतान्वितःendowed with the vow of silence

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

āśrama (hermitage)

vṛkṣa (tree)

mauna-vrata (vow of silence)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tapas and restraint as ethical disciplines: silence (mauna) and bodily endurance (standing with raised arms) symbolize mastery over speech and senses, presenting ascetic self-control as a path to spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a great ascetic at his hermitage entrance, standing beneath a tree with arms raised, maintaining a vow of silence while performing intense austerities—setting the scene for the rishi’s spiritual stature and the events connected to him.